Toilet-comb.



W; S. WARREN.

TOILET 00MB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV; 14, 1907.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM S. WARREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGEA. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WARREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county gf Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Combs, of whichthe following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in toilet-combs, and a comb madein accord with my invention is provided with a back or grasping portionto which are attached revoluble teeth, such teeth being preferablytapered or conical and provided with s herioal terminals, as will behereinafter set orth.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a toilet-comb forstraightening and smoothing long hair that has become tangled morequickly and with less liability of injury to the hair than toilet-combsof ordinary construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing atoilet-comb made in accord with my invention.v Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection, on an enlarged scale of a part of a toilet-comb made as shownby Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 arevertical sections showing modified forms of construction.

Referring to the drawings, A is the back, or that part of the comb thatis grasped by the hand, and such part may be sheet metal or othersuitable material, the longitudinal edges of such part being attached toa rigid tooth-carrying-bar B, by rivets c when the parts A and B aremade of metal. The ends of the back are closed by the end pieces A theybeing attached to the back B by screws a', the closures A havingattached thereto an inner plate a to form a shoulder upon which the endsof the part A will bear.

The tooth carrying bar B is provided with a longitudinal line of socketsB that are shaped to receive cylindrical ends of the teeth C, which areheld in place so as to be free to turn or revolve by any suitable means,preferably as shown by Figs. 2 and 3, where the ends of the teeth thatenter the back have internally threaded sockets for bolts l), the boltspassing through apertures which are of less diameter than the heads ofthe bolts, the heads 'bearing upon the upper side or face of the bar.The outer ends of the teeth are rounded or spherical and such ends maybe integral with the teeth as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or may be apart of the cornecting means, as shown by Figs. 4, 5 an 6.

In the modification of my invention asshown by Fig. 4 4of thedrawings, abolt D having a rounded head is passed through a longitudinallyapertured tooth and engages a nut, so that both the tooth and bolt mayturn. In Fig. 5, a bolt engages fiXedly with the tooth carrying bar, andin Fig. 6, a tooth support is formed integral with the back and aspherical headed bolt d enters the end of the part that is integral withthe back to hold thereon a sleeve, such sleeve being maintained toreadily turn upon the support.

The construction shown provides a comb with teeth that will turn when inuse, and such a comb will Inore readily untangle and smooth hair andwith less injury thereto than combs with rigid or immovable teeth. Theinvention may be embodied in a toiletcomb made of metal as aluminium, orin a composition comb, as rubber, celluloid, or other suitable material.

I claim.-

1. A toilet comb consisting of a rigid tooth-support to which isattached a plurality of revoluble teeth.

2. A toilet comb having conical teeth which are revolubly connected tothe back of the comb.

3. A toilet comb provided with tapered teeth the ends thereof beingrounded, and means for revolubly connecting the teeth to a back,substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM s. WARREN.

Witnesses JAMES L. MoNcUR, ROBERT A. THOMAS.

